The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-11-10
OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT.

chists was announced last Wednesday aft
ernoon by Chiet Justice Waite in q long
and carefully prepared opinion, which oc.
cupied thirty minutes in the reading.
The court holds in brief:
First-That the first ten amendments
to the constitution are limitations upon
federal and not upon state action.
Second-That the jury law OF Illinois is
upon its face valid and constitutional, and
that it is similar in it's provisions to the
statute OF Utah. which was sustained in
this court in the case OF Hopt vs.. the terri
tory OF Utah.
Third-That it does not appear in the
court should have declared the Juror San
ford incompetent.
Fourth-That the object to the admis-
sion OF the Johann Most letter and the
cross examination of Spies, which counsel
for the prisoners maintained, virtually
compelled them to testify against them.
selves were not objected to in the trial
court and that, therefore no foundation
was laid for the exercise OF this courts
Jurisdiction.
And fifth-Ihat the question raised by
General Butler in the cases Of Spies and
Fielden upon the bases of their foreign ma
tionality were neither raised nor decided
in the state courts and therefore cannot be
considered here. The writ Of error prayed
for must consequently be denied.
There was no dissenting opinion.
HOW THE ANARCHISTS RECEIVED THE NEWS.
When the announcement of the result at
Washington was received,a a note was sent up
to Spies, telling him that the writ had been
denied. and asking If he had any statement
to make in regard to the matter. Spies
was sitting in his cell, busily en-
gagged with some manuscripta He
read the note and then returned 1t
with a short II have nothing 70 ssv." None
of the other men would say anything, either.
Within fifteen minutes after the verdict was
known eight or ten officers in citizens clothes
appeared. Two of them stepped quietly into
the Jail and the others disposed Of Themselves
in the criminal court building and abous the
premises The bailiff at the outer door lead
ing into the jail court says he Is instructed
to admit no one, but whether this applies to
the near relatives of the death-sentenced
men is not known. The streets about the
jail are perfectly quiet No crowds have
gathered and no incidents of any sort have
as yet occurred The police are prepared
for any emergency, though they say they
have no fear of an uprising or open vio-
lence. Without any previous lntimarion a
a rule rigidly debarring visitors from the
Jail was quickly put in force, and no one was
allowed to enter the building during the
afternoon except officers, reporters
and relatives of the anarchists As
soon as the news from Washington had gen.
orally circulated through the city there was
rush of miscellaneous people to see the
condemned men before 1t was too late They
entered the saeriff's Office in droves, but the
latch string had been Withdrawn. Loud and
long were the expostulations but the deputy
who guarded the way to the Jail yard was
obdurate. Friends Of the doomed men bear
ing baskets of delicacies for them begged
admittance. The dainties were passed In
but only relatives gained entrance Sheriff
Matson said:
The visits Of other anarchists have got to stop.
Henceforth the doomed men will not be allowed
to have any more recreation hours. Personally,
INV TO E[ant 1d a., III tne me. satols 70
may seem foolish, but don't want these men
to cheat the gallows by killing themselves.
poison % % and aIthoueh know that haiti il they should
want to kill themselves we would be power]ess
to prevent It, still! should not like to have it
cides might have been prevented.
THE v1s1ToRa
The first Of these to arrive was MrA Engel
There was sort Of scared expression on her
poor, worn face, and she moved about in q
nervous manner. She brought basket Of
toothsome edibles for her husband, and
Jailer Folz took chair from tho Office and
carried it out to the cage and placed 1t for
her near the barA Lngg's aunt and
young lady cousin and one Of his
fair admirers came next They were all
downcast, with traces Of tears on their
cheeks, but they had not been talking to the
reckless bomb maker fve minutes before
they were all laughing. Frank Bielefeldt. Of
the Arbeiter Zeitung, accompanied by re-
porter for the same paper, came next
Shortly afterward, Spies two brothers,
Chris and Ferdinand, were admitted, and
they were followed by their mother, who
seemed to feel her sorrow deeply. MrA Par
sons and her two little children came, and
with them lady who is interested In the
work Of the Amnesty association. Every
one Of the prisoners had the semblance, at
least, of cheerful spirita Mr.. Bielfeldt, after
leaving the Jail, said:
It is useless to ask these men to sign the peti-
tion to the governor Tor their lives. have just
been talking to them and they laugh 1T the idea.
A signincent incident Of the day had It's
scene 1t police headquarterG The moment
word Of the decfsion was reosived Al the de-
tectiyes in the building Disappeared with
surprising guddenneoA As to whoe 01DtElCts
or places they were assiGned thsif supsT1ors
were non-committal when aaked Il Z
known, however, that for aome days ths
men have had sealed instruct1ons to aCt -
soon az the decision was received I'VE WIN
mot be caught mapping was al ths ofaotals
would say. Besides the regular f0rCe the de-
tective department has been largely rsdn-
forced from the outlying stationA
POLICE vTEwA
The general Impression among the police
q that the sentence will be carried into eflecs
Nov IL:
IF they are TO be hung ct all said Llet. Fitx-
patrick. they should die on thai day. The sus-
| pense Of reprieve by Gov. Oglesby would have
| . bad effect. and would not only 10 Z great ox.
| tent lessen the moral example, but would entail
| additional suspense on the prtsOnerG
That's so,s said another police olIcial There
q no desire on the part Of Che olncers who have
su6 red from the throwing Of the bpmbs 70 tor.
ture the murdersra They only wish to 80 the
| jsw cayrted out
Capt Buckley said:
r. Il reeribution for tina murder of the ofloers
whose wives ere now widows and children o (
phaus trust and beltsve The scysruw WIN not
jnterfera
Hardly had Capt Blsok bssn appsissd .